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bungling
bun·gle B0551400 (bŭng′gəl)v. bun·gled, bun·gling, bun·gles v.tr. To carry out badly or ruin through ineptitude; botch. See Synonyms at botch.v.intr. To work or act ineptly or inefficiently.n. A clumsy or inept performance; a botch: made a bungle of the case due to inexperience. [Perhaps of Scandinavian origin.] bun′gler n.bun′gling·ly adv.ThesaurusAdj. | 1. | bungling - showing lack of skill or aptitude; "a bungling workman"; "did a clumsy job"; "his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf"fumbling, incompetent, clumsyunskilled - not having or showing or requiring special skill or proficiency; "unskilled in the art of rhetoric"; "an enthusiastic but unskillful mountain climber"; "unskilled labor"; "workers in unskilled occupations are finding fewer and fewer job opportunities"; "unskilled workmanship" | | 2. | bungling - lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands; "a bumbling mechanic"; "a bungling performance"; "ham-handed governmental interference"; "could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature"- Mary H. Vorsebumbling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, heavy-handed, handless, left-handedmaladroit - not adroit; "a maladroit movement of his hand caused the car to swerve"; "a maladroit translation"; "maladroit propaganda" |
bunglingadjective incompetent, blundering, awkward, clumsy, inept, botching, cack-handed (informal), maladroit, ham-handed (informal), unskilful, ham-fisted (informal) a bungling burglarTranslationsbungling
Synonyms for bunglingadj incompetentSynonyms- incompetent
- blundering
- awkward
- clumsy
- inept
- botching
- cack-handed
- maladroit
- ham-handed
- unskilful
- ham-fisted
Synonyms for bunglingadj showing lack of skill or aptitudeSynonyms- fumbling
- incompetent
- clumsy
Related Wordsadj lacking physical movement skills, especially with the handsSynonyms- bumbling
- butterfingered
- ham-fisted
- ham-handed
- heavy-handed
- handless
- left-handed
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